Tuesday, May 22, 2007

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS REPLACED WITH SEARCHLES RECAP – AN ALL-INCLUSIVE DEBRIEFING OF ACTIVITY WITHIN YOUR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AND GROUPS

We've been listening to your feedback regarding the email notifications received every time a new link is posted to one of your groups and have come up with a new, more efficient solution. We are now replacing the individual notifications with the "Searchles Recap"—a comprehensive email update that will condense all the recent flurry of activity going on in your own circle of groups and users into one email o’plenty. Wham, bam, thank you Searchles.


The Searchles Recap will spell out the following updates: new messages in your inbox, recent members who have joined your groups, recent posts to your groups (displaying which user posted the link and the corresponding groups), and the top ten recent links on Searchles according to the new ratings feature.


We've also taken it a step further and are giving you the option to choose how frequently you'd like to receive the Searchles Recap. You can easily customize this new feature so that the updates arrive anywhere from hourly to daily. You can even control the time of day you receive the Recap. Keep in mind that the Searchles Recap is also easily forwarded on to friends and colleagues outside of the Searchles community to give a quick glimpse of what you’ve been checking out on the web. So keep on posting your quality content and karma will bring you a spanking new Searchles Recap full of relevant content in return!


To alter your alert settings go to http://www.searchles.com/alerts/newalerts.



- dumbfounder

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCING OFFICIAL SEARCHLES TV CONTEST WITH CASH (YES, CASH!) PRIZE

Now that we’ve harnessed everyone’s keen ability to judge others by rolling out the new ratings feature—we’re going to do something constructive with it. We are now announcing the Searchles TV Contest. All you need to do to enter is create your own ‘top gun’ of Searchles TV channels and post the channel to the group Searchles TV Contest. As previously announced, Searchles TV is the feature that allows users to mashup different videos from multiple sources, such as MySpace, YouTube, Google Video, Blip tv or Grouper, into one back-to-back channel. The feature is easily accessible from the homepage and simple instructions are provided if you are new to Searchles TV.

The winningest of all Searchles TV channels posted to the group will ultimately be based on a) the number of ratings and b) average rating the channel is given by other users. The winners will be chosen by July 1st, 2007.

The top prize will consist of anything legal worth four million Guarani (Paraguayan currency…it’s how we do). Second prize is two million Guarani and third prize wins one million Guarani. Either way, you’re rolling in it (Guarani—not to be confused with guano). You can either take the cash we’ve cleverly converted to the dollar or choose to have us buy something of equal or lesser value and ship it your way. See Searchles TV Contest page for "official" rules.

So get moving and enter your own channel or start rating the channels in the Searchles TV Contest group just to get your two cents in. Also take note that you can continue adding videos once your channel has been created. We hope to see you and your channel on July 1st! Guarani-city…

dumbfounder